Ho Chi Minh City eyes more investment from S.Korea as officials visit country

Attracting Korean investors to Ho Chi Minh City was the focus of a working visit to South Korea by a delegation of city officials last week. Attracting Korean investors to Ho Chi Minh City was the focus of a working visit to South Korea by a delegation of city officials last week. A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City officials, led by its Party Chief Dinh La Thang, met with the Busan-based Association of South Korean People Loving Vietnam (VESAMO) on Sunday afternoon as part of their working agenda in the country. Other members of the delegation included Le Van Khoa, vice-chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, directors of municipal departments, and business representatives in the city. VESAMO is a non-profit organization established in 2002 and consists of over 100 members, most of whom are scholars, artists, journalists, lawyers, and businesspeople in southern South Korea, who love Vietnam and the Vietnamese. Since its establishment, it has been responsible for a range of events promoting the two countries’ friendship, such as commemorative walking activities and presenting grants to poorer Vietnamese students and victims of Agent Orange, a dioxin-containing defoliant used by the U.S. army during the American war in Vietnam. VESAMO Honorary Chairman Park Kwang-joo asserted that there had been growing affection toward Vietnam and the Vietnamese among South Koreans, as the two countries enjoyed enhanced friendship and cooperation. Thang expressed his appreciation for the association’s activities, regarding them as “tremendous efforts” to improve mutual understanding about the other country’s people…